Definitions For Caravel

Noun

CARAVEL (plural CARAVELs) (nautical, historical) A light#adjective, light, usually lateen-rigged#adjective, rigged sailing#adjective, sailing ship#noun, ship used by the portuguese and spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade#noun, trade and later for voyage#noun, voyages of exploration. :

Alternative forms

caraval caravelle

Translations

Afrikaans: karveel Arabic: كارافيل Armenian: կարավելլա Asturian: carabela, f Azerbaijani: karavella Basque: karabela Belarusian: каравела, f Bulgarian: каравела Catalan: caravel·la, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 卡拉維爾帆船, ]] From "type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish".; compare